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M’n’C

When I was growing up, M’n’C aka Macaroni and Cheese was a staple food. My dad taught everyone in the family how to make it, and make it well. First, start with a box of KRAFT Macaroni and Cheese and follow the instructions to make it, except don’t measure the butter or milk and add a ton of extra cheddar cheese. As you’re making it, fry up some ground beef until it’s crispy. Mix together the hamburger and M’n’C , load on the pepper, and eat with the little green peppers from a jar, I can’t think of the name of them. Mmmmmmm.

Since I grew up enjoying this meal, it is a comfort food to me. During this pregnancy there were times when I thought I just couldn’t bear my low carb diet and needed a comfort food. It’s been so long since I’ve had proper Macaroni and Cheese anyway, due to the kids and my sensitivity to wheat, James’ low sodium needs, and the overall health of it, I can’t even remember how many years it’s been. It’s just what I wanted so, I had to come up with my own version

Brianna’s M’n’C

Replace the wheat noodles with just a bit of rice noodles (or none at all as I started doing recently) and lots of veggies. If I have them I use fresh mushrooms, red bell pepper, and spinach. If I don’t have fresh, I use the frozen bag of stir-fry veggies from Costco. Cook into that the ground beef, add pepper, red pepper flakes, jalepeno, garlic, and olive oil. Add in the cheddar cheese until melted. What do you end up with? This wonderful, low carb, breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

My husband denies that it is Macaroni and Cheese, but he admits that it is good. Well, to me it is Macaroni and Cheese no matter what anyone else thinks, and it’s just perfect 🙂